in​ our society, we tend to​ ignore our special talents and​ choose our careers according to​ what will give us a​ sense of​ security. Too often, however, what makes us feel safe does not fulfill us spiritually. for​ example, Roger worked for​ many years as​ an​ attorney, but he never enjoyed it. He made lots of​ money, yet when he consulted with me he was suffering from anxiety and​ depression. He had become an​ attorney because his father had been an​ attorney and​ wanted Roger to​ follow in​ his footsteps. Roger had gone along with what his father wanted for​ him because he didn’t know what else he wanted and​ now, in​ midlife, he was miserable. He yearned to​ discover his passion.

A few months after starting to​ practice Inner Bonding, Roger remembered that he had really wanted to​ be a​ teacher. He had never seriously considered teaching because he felt he couldn’t make enough money, but now he was willing to​ make far less money because he was so unhappy with his present work. Roger went back to​ school and​ got his teaching credential and​ is​ now a​ high school social studies teacher. The last time I spoke with him he was radiant! He loved working with adolescents, and​ he felt he was making a​ real contribution​ to​ their lives. for​ the first time ever, he felt alive and​ passionate about his life. His wife decided to​ take up some of​ the financial slack by doing something she had always wanted to​ do: design children’s clothing. She started her own mail-order business and​ is​ thrilled with it. Their marriage and​ family life is​ flourishing because both of​ them are happy and​ fulfilled within​ themselves.

Ricki came to​ see me because she was so unhappy working as​ a​ controller of​ a​ big import business. Yet she had no idea what else she wanted to​ do. it​ took about a​ year of​ practicing Inner Bonding before her true Self told her that she wanted to​ be a​ nutritionist. Ricki hadn’t wanted to​ hear her true Self because she didn’t want to​ go back to​ school. Finally she was so unhappy that she decided to​ listen. She is​ now back in​ school enjoying discovering her passion.

While it​ may not always be possible to​ change your​ work immediately to​ something you​ love, if​ you​ follow your​ passion, it​ will often lead you​ there. and​ even when you​ have to​ earn money in​ ways that do not express your​ soul, you​ can seek volunteer opportunities and​ hobbies to​ express who you​ are. Often these can lead to​ the work that you​ will eventually do.

Alfredo worked as​ a​ manager of​ a​ large supermarket. With his small savings, he decided to​ start pursuing a​ hobby that had always fascinated him - restoring old cars. He used all his extra money to​ buy his first old car and​ spent many blissful hours restoring it. He was so good at​ it, he was able to​ sell his restored cars for​ a​ lot of​ money. Eventually he was able to​ quit his job at​ the market and​ pursue his passion​ full time. Ultimately he started a​ project in​ a​ prison​ teaching inmates to​ restore cars. Alfredo now loves what he does and​ receives great satisfaction​ from helping others.